Back out last change. Instead, do this...

[gnulib.git] / lib / makepath.c

diff --git a/lib/makepath.c b/lib/makepath.c
index ea1b407..65a62ff 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/makepath.c
+++ b/lib/makepath.c
@@ -114,11 +114,6 @@ extern int errno;
 # define _(Text) Text
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __MSDOS__
-typedef int uid_t;
-typedef int gid_t;
-#endif
-
 #include "save-cwd.h"
 #include "error.h"
 
@@ -389,7 +384,8 @@ make_path (const char *argpath,
       /* The above chown may have turned off some permission bits in MODE.
         Another reason we may have to use chmod here is that mkdir(2) is
         required to honor only the file permission bits.  In particular,
-        it may not have honored the `special' bits.  */
+        it need not honor the `special' bits, so if MODE includes any
+        special bits, set them here.  */
       if ((mode & ~S_IRWXUGO)
          && chmod (basename_dir, mode))
        {